September Porch Scene

September 20, 2012

There’s a fall outdoor decor party over at Rhoda’s place today which was the perfect kick in the pants I needed to spruce up our porch for the season. I wanted something simple, but then foolishly declared I was using only white and green pumpkins on the porch this year. Then I was told after a dozen phone calls to vendors that “there are no white or green Cinderella pumpkins this early”. So then I just used faux instead and it all worked out.

Shades of purple and green dominate with scattered potted perennials and purple mums, I also added tall willow branches inside the mums for height.

This year’s fall wreath is an adaptation of my spring willow wreath – I recycled it and wedged in some preserved green oak leaves from the supermarket, white berry stems, and a few pinecones. Boom. It’s what I call my “ten minutes because I’m tired and the kids have soccer practice” fall wreath.

To get a faux white pumpkin to look real, I used Susie’s trick and substituted a real stem on top I had saved from last year. Can anyone tell me the name of the variegated leaf plant? I’ve forgotten its name, but I’ve had it for months and it just thrives! The purplish one at the bottom is Loropetalum.

The planters I found on clearance the other day so I stacked them on top of each other for height.

And as I was snapping a few pics yesterday, our cat had to take a big whiff of the new flowers because she’s inquisitive like that whenever anything new is happening.

I’ve reused this rug year after year, and I love it on last year’s harvest porch. You can view all seasonal porch scenes from the past right here.

That plant is Coleus !! I had one last summer and it survived the heat and long into the cold months (i am in sc). Didn’t get one this year – we had a baby in june so i decided no new plant life till next spring!

Your pumpkins look amazing! I put my fall decorations out last weekend and the squirrels already started nibbling my pumpkins. I sprinkled some cayenne pepper on them and they’ve left them alone since!

I love the purple! The branches are nice too for height. I can’t have mums on my front porch because it gets absolutely no sunlight, but I’m going to plant some in front of my porch. I may have to mix in some purple, too.

Really lovely colors. Coleus is one of my favorite plants because there are so many varieties to the colors and patterns. Although it’s an outdoor annual, if you bring it indoors over the winter, it will live again the next summer. That’s what I’m going to try and do here in NY anyway :-)

Coleus really last way into the Fall season which is always great. Kate I love your front porch this year. LOVE the colors!!! I really love the white pumpkins too. I just started to fixing up my front stoop yesterday and I want some white pumpkins so bad. I wonder if they are out yet in NY. But hopefully I will get them at some point. ;) Now I’m headed over to check out Rhoda’s link party. :)

Love the colours! LOVE love the rug — is it an outdoor /all weather kind and where did you get it? I just bought my house so front entrance is a slow work in progess, but I would sure love to put down a nice, welcome mat.

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Hi, I'm Kate from Northern California. I'm a bargain hunter, design lover, and incurable DIYer. I'm on a quest for diamond style on a dime, and I'm out to make my world fabulous, for less, one do-it-yourself project at a time. Learn more.